Board Games Reviews

The Kingdom of Haversack has been covered in a terrible curse by a mighty sorceress and it is the job of the players and their Guardians to explore the land and work to lift the curse. In Guardians of Haversack, players will be traversing the world defeating monsters, discovering treasure, rebuilding villages, and capturing fairies, all of which will earn them victory points. This bag building game will have you adding more Guardians to your Expedition Bag to improve the…

By all accounts, Leder Games makes fantastic board game experiences. The other thing I’ve heard about Leder Games is that you get out of their games as much as you are willing to put in, and Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile is the perfect example of this! Oath requires a certain group of people to play to make it as exciting as possible, and I had the pleasure of playing with good and bad players. Regardless, though, the investment…

River of Gold, based in the Legend of the Five Rings universe, is one of the most beautiful games released in 2024. Beauty, however, can only get you so far, but thankfully River of Gold has a ton of great and easy to understand mechanics that makes this a really good game for veteran board game players, and casual players as well. We looked at the games components in a previous post, so we won’t go into depth on all…

Honey Buzz was one of our favorite games last year, and we raved about the games production value and game mechanics. Players would draft honeycomb tiles for their hive, attempting to make rings, use actions, produce and sell honey, and much more, all to earn points and hopefully be the best hive at the end of the game. The game was phenomenal, and we played it a ton. The more we played, the more we realized we wished there was…

Bible themed games have really been peaking my interest as of late. Between The Flood – the same design team as Rise of Babel – and Ezra and Nehemiah, the world of Bible based games has been pretty good. In our first impressions article for Rise of Babel, we said that the game was pretty strong, although we questioned how it would hold up after a dozen or more plays. Now that we’ve had more time with the game, we…

A few weeks ago, we did an overview and first impressions of the components for Aquatica and were very impressed with it all. From the box insert to the board and Manta pieces, there were very few things we had issues with when getting the game unboxed. But a good looking game can only get you so far – how much fun is Aquatica? Let’s take a look! In Aquatica, players will head beneath the waves to play cards, get…

Since I began working at home for my day job, I’ve been really intrigued by solo board games. The thing is, setting up a massive game to play all by myself isn’t really all that much fun, so lighter and quicker solo games are the things I love to play. Over the past few weeks I’ve been playing through What Lies Beneath, a solo dungeon crawl experience within a decent sized book, and it was way more fun than I…

The little card games that Bombyx publishes are fantastic. The big one that folks know all about is Sea Salt and Pepper (also released by Pandasaurus Games in other regions) but I recently had the chance to play Pixies, sent over to us by Canadian distributor Ilo. This little card game is easy to take here, there, and everywhere, and is simple to learn mechanics. Yet, there is a decent amount of depth and decision making that makes this an…

Disney Lorcana is already on Set #4, and I couldn’t be more excited for what is coming to this game. Ravensburger and Disney have done a fantastic job bringing dozens upon dozens characters into their trading card game with fantastic art, great abilities, and engaging gameplay. Ravensburger was nice enough to send over the starter decks for Ursula’s Return, so let’s take a quick look! Starter decks are a fantastic way to introduce new players to the game of Lorcana,…

When Wyrmspan was announced, and some called it a more strategic Wingspan, I’m going to admit that my desire to play the game was pretty low. Afterall, I have Wingspan, so I don’t need this, right? When Stonemaier reached out to see if we wanted to review Wyrmspan, I agreed as it was something the gaming group wanted to try anyways. After getting it all unboxed and reading the rules, I knew that Wyrmspan might actually replace Wingspan in my…